Biography
As with co-stars Todd Bridges and Dana Plato, Coleman descended into a life of career mediocrity and seemingly non-stop trouble following his tenure on the show. Though he never succumbed to drugs like Bridges and Plato, Coleman nonetheless suffered the aftereffects of being a former child celebrity; even twice attempting suicide. Along the way, he tried to revamp his career with numerous television appearances and cameo roles as himself, even …
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Career Milestones
| Began appearing in Chicago-area commercials | ||
1978 | Auditioned for a television revival of "The Little Rascals"; series was never produced | |
1978 | Cast as Arnold Jackson in the NBC sitcom, "Diff'rent Strokes" | |
1979 | TV movie debut in "The Kid from Left Field" (NBC) opposite Robert Guillaume | |
1982 | Lent his voice to the Hanna-Barbera animated series, "The Gary Coleman Show" (NBC) | |
1982 | Re-teamed with Robert Guillaume for the NBC TV movie, "The Kid with the Broken Halo" | |
1983 | Third and final collaboration with Robert Guillaume in the NBC TV movie, "The Kid with the 200 I.Q." | |
1994 | Appeared on an episode of "Married... with Children" (Fox), playing a building code inspector | |
1996 | Reprised his role of Arnold Jackson on the final episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC) | |
1999 | Played himself on an episode of "The Simpsons" (Fox) titled "Grift of the Magi" | |
2003 | Entered the California recall election; finished a respectable eighth place among 135 candidates, with Arnold Schwarzenegger winnning | |
2004 | Featured in the second season of The WB reality series, "The Surreal Life" | |